Senior Engineering Manager - Middelburg - MP, South Africa - Chainlink Recruitment
Description
We are looking for a SENIOR ENGINEERING MANAGER in Middelburg, Mpumalanga
The incumbent will be a Senior level member of our regional service engineering team, responsible for managing the engineering team, and leading assigned projects and tasks, by driving or participating in regular customer-facing technical engagements, technical strategy, innovation, trouble shooting and root cause analysis, and continuous improvement. The role is essential to the success of the organization and must possess a range of technical, strong human interface and leadership skills, as well as business and commercial acumen to excel in this role.
Essential Functions:
• Engineering Manager
o Possessed a broad knowledge of controls, power conversion, automation, data analytics and their application to the industries, equipment and customers that we serve.
o Well-versed in problem-solving, RCA and project management principles from training and experience.
o Actively assist in promoting our Service Engineering, and selling to customers, partners, and others.
o Play a critical role in defining the overall product and growth strategy, by partnering with Business Development and Product Management.
o Demonstrates proficiency in planning and managing departmental budgets and project costs.
o Execute work in effective and efficient ways to best serve customers and attain corporate regional and goals.
o Key contact for Corporate R&D teams, globally.
• Education:
o Minimum Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Controls, Power, Software, Physics or Computer Engineering or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience from e.g. UP, UCT, Wits, Stellenbosch.
o Master's of Science or Business Administration a plus.
• Experience:
o >10 years of engineering experience.
o >15 years of industry and related experience.
o 10 years of experience in electric machines, drives, controls and/or systems.
o Extensive and up to date knowledge in drives, controls and/or rotating electric machines.
o Knowledge and experience in industrial and/or machine control theory.
o Experience with mining machine systems applications including but not limited to electric mining shovels, draglines, haul trucks, rotary blast hole drills, and hydraulic excavators.
o Demonstrated experience in managing the product lifecycle of systems and products.
o Demonstrated success with the ability to identify key customer requirements and translate them into detailed product specifications for multi-generational products.
o Leverageable experience with engineering tools and systems, including simulators, modeling, virtual prototyping and statistical analysis.
o Good ability to work with business ERP system.
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